the fire keeper

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Across
  1. 1. Balam Lord Jaguar in Mayan; a wildlife preserve in tropical Mexico
  2. 7. a knee-high dwarf-like creature molded out of clay or stone for a specific purpose. The creator of an alux must provide offerings to it.
  3. 8. goddess of the cacao tree and chocolate
  4. 9. god of wind, storm, and fire
  5. 10. a group of people indigenous to Mexico before the Spanish conquest of the sixteenth century
  6. 11. god of the sky
  7. 13. four divine brothers who hold up the corners of the world, and all without complaining about having tired arms
Down
  1. 2. a Nahuatl-speaking group of people indigenous to Mexico before the Spanish conquest of the sixteenth century.
  2. 3. the Maya rain god
  3. 4. goddess (and often caretaker) of people who were sacrificed or died a violent death
  4. 5. a human with the ability to change into an animal, sometimes called a shapeshifter
  5. 6. a bird deity that sits atop the World Tree and can see all three planes: the underworld, earth, and paradise.
  6. 8. goddess (and often caretaker) of people who were sacrificed or died a violent death
  7. 12. a pearson that went to war